Chocolate-Nut Cheesecake
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Break the cookies into small pieces by hand, then transfer the pieces into a bag and crush them with a rolling pin into fine crumbs. Melt the butter, add the cookie crumbs and nut flakes to it. Mix everything into a dough-like mass. Grease a springform pan with butter. Transfer the prepared cookie mixture into the pan, pressing it down firmly and evenly. Now prepare the filling. Take soft cottage cheese and beat it with eggs. Add sugar, powdered sugar, cocoa, pudding powder, starch, and flour, and mix thoroughly. Grind almonds in a coffee grinder into a fine flour and add them to the cheese mixture. Add sour cream and mix well. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease the sides of the pan with the crust using butter. Pour the filling over the crust in the pan. Wrap the entire pan with the cake in foil two or three times, making sure no water can get inside. Place the wrapped pan into a larger baking dish and pour boiling water into the outer dish until it reaches halfway up the sides of the cake pan. Carefully place the pan with the cake into the water bath. Put both pans into the oven and bake for 1 to 1.5 hours at 160°C. When the cheesecake is done, let it cool completely in the pan. Top with chopped walnuts or chocolate shavings, then refrigerate overnight in the pan. In the morning, carefully remove the cheesecake from the pan without damaging the sides. The cake is ready. Serve chilled.